Coroner: Parent killer committed suicide with Tylenol

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted of murdering his parents in Montgomery almost nine years ago committed suicide in prison.

Jefferson County deputy coroner Bill Yates tells WAKA-TV (http://bit.ly/1gnsgWX ) that Brent Springford Jr. died of an overdose of Tylenol.

Officers found Springford unresponsive in his cell at Donaldson prison, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital in Birmingham on Oct. 6.

The 37-year-old Springford was convicted of killing parents Brent and Charlotte Springford in their home in Montgomery on Thanksgiving Day 2004. The Springfords were well-known philanthropists in the capital city.